Not sure where to start or if this is the right topic. If not please excuse me I am new to this. At night, I experience significant thought derailments. And I will “hear” certain sentences that just dont make any SENSE. They dont follow any pattern. Theyre not hostile in nature. But they are here there and everywhere. They also occur in the morning as well before I get out of bed. They dont “tell” me anything. Just like Ill be lying there trying to relax or thinking about my day and there will be this weird saying “oh that is lovely”. Or “catchin the tiger”. Or something like that… Just random stupid stuff. Has anyone ever experienced this before? I dont confuse it as it being from an outside source or anything like that. And theres no specific voice gender or tone. It all varies… The closest I can come to explaining it is like partial dreams but I am awake. Has anyone had experience with these types of symptoms and had andmy feedback from mental health professionals on how to manage with them?? I am not socially withdrawn or producing any other symptom. I do have very bad anxiety and am thinking about this more than it is actually happening. Im just wondering what peoples experiences are with this?
I sometimes get random verbal trains of thought when I am going to sleep. With this illness you must learn to expect and live with the bizarre occurrances. I think your brain is just suffering from a very mild version of what many others suffer from, thought disorders like derailment which lead to incoherence. Our subconscious minds are much more active than they seem to be. As long as the weird random thoughts don’t interfere with your life you should be fine.
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Are you seeing a doctor about this?
Yes and at this time theres not any other occuring symptoms so its been a little difficult to decipher. Especially given the time frames when the brain is in a mode of either waking or going to sleep. Other than the accompanying anxiety, which is almost worse than the thought pattern/disruption itself there is no affect on daily life. So at this time, focus is on stress management and structure surrounding bed time. Rituals, self care, guided meditations, adequate “wind down” time ect. The most problematic thing for me is the fear surrounding it. That I cant pinpoint where they are coming from, some seem memory related others seem to be directly related to what I was thinking when I slow down and witness my thought patterns. They seem unmanageable and thats whats causing me the most turmoil. I am using this online resource just for reaching out to others for support and understanding who may have experienced or are experiencing the same things. Who may have different understandings/coping mechanisms.
Jess how are you I experience similar symptoms when ever I close my eyes after a while I experience a type of aphasia I’ll think something like it went it went and flew and realize right after it made no sense
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